Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Ash Point (GBR) | 62° 28' 05.9" S | 59° 39' 18.4" W | Point |
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Name ID: 107576
Place ID: 558
SE entrance point of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island, was charted and named descriptively by DI in 1934-35 (Nelson and others, chart 1935b; BA 1942, p.42; BA chart 1774, 9.vii.1948; APC, 1955, p.4). Punta Ash (Ihl C. and Ayala A., 1947, p.70). Punta Bascopé, applied by CAE, 1947, which surveyed the area, after Tte 1° Juan Bascopé Guzmán, meteorologist of the expedition (Chile. DNH chart 500, 1951; IHA, 1974, p.41). Punta Ceniza [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.213; Pierrou, 1970, p.245). Pointe Ash (France. SHM, 1954, p.46). Punta Teniente Bascopé (Chile. DNH chart 1405, 1961). Bascopé Point (Fuenzalida, 1964, p.48, map Fig. 1). Punta Cenizas (Araya and Hervé, 1966, p.42). Bascopé Peninsula (Araya and Hervé, 1972, p.111). |
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| Ash Point (USA) | 62° 28' 00.0" S | 59° 39' 00.0" W | Point |
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Name ID: 121953
Place ID: 558
Point which marks the SE side of the entrance to Discovery Bay, on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named descriptively by DI personnel on the Discovery II, 1934-35. |
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| Ceniza, punta (ARG) | 62° 28' 00.0" S | 59° 38' 00.0" W | Point |
| Name ID: 100466 Place ID: 558 | |||
| Yancey Glacier (AUS) | 80° 13' 59.9" S | 158° 31' 59.9" E | Glacier |
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Name ID: 558
Place ID: 16342
A very steep glacier flowing into Byrd Glacier just west of Sennet Glacier. Mapped from air photographs taken by the US Navy. |
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